On Mar 28, 2:20=A0am, raymond <avi8to...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> waitasec.........
>
> you boycotted Walmart due to their slave-shop labor, et al ....but
> sold out for ease of availability of their car battery, and the
> likelihood
> of a free replacement?
Okay, you got me. It was a questionable decision. But three years ago
when I first went to them for a battery, it was because I already had
one of theirs that came with a car that I bought. Their battery had
gone bad, so I went to them for a replacement. I couldn't justify
paying full price somewhere else when I still had pro-rated value left
in that battery.
Since then I have put a battery in one other car of mine that I bought
with a dead battery. I went to Sears first, but they had shut down
their automotive department. I remembered that Wal-mart had batteries,
and they had the one thing that I had always liked about Sears-the
fact that they were everywhere. Since the guy at sears was saying that
they were phasing out their automotive stuff, I thought it would be
foolish to look for another Sears that still had an automotive
department since eventually that would go away leaving me with a
battery without sup****t. At this point I should have just switched to
Autozone or some place like that. But it never occured to me. I didn't
know that they sold batteries.
And I wasn't going with Wal-mart because they offer free replacements.
Pretty much all brands offer a warranty period where they will replace
it for free within the first two or three years. If you re-read me
post, I was not looking for a free battery, but to get credit for the
pro-rated value in my battery, which is the industry practice.
So now I am done with them. You might be happy to know that you are
the straw that broke the camel's back. Even when this battery dies,
I'm just going to get one elsewhere. That is unless it dies within the
free replacement period. Then it is more of a burden to Wal-mart.
Apparently you can still get Diehard batteries elsewhere now. I wish
Target sold batteries. They're everywhere, and a responsible company.
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